root authentication failure in Fedora Core 12.
 

I have just installed Fedora Core 12.

Whenever i try to login as root it gives Authentication failure.

I want to login as root and want to modify some cfg files.
Please tell me a way to login as root.

Also, I want to run "rsh" and "telnet" services.
Please tell me how to do that in fedora core 12. The system shows that package is installed but i am not able to find services running.
Thanks

You don't want to run rsh or telnet, they are not encrypted. Use ssh instead.
http://www.informit.com/articles/art...p=169465&rll=1

Aslo for security reasons, you cannot login at the GUI as root; you have to login as a normal user, then 'su -' to root or use sudo.
The GUI tools that require root access will ask for the root passwd when you activate them.

Hi rohit0825,

If you are not able to login as root, login as normal user then type following command to gain super user access.
Go for ssh instead of rsh.

I believe only rsh client is installed in your machine.

If you have to use rsh then probably you have to install rsh-server.rpm package which is not part of fedora12 distribution.

Follow following link to setup rhs server..
Cheers !!!

thats not possible
i want rsh and telnet at any cost

please suggest something good

If you insist to compromise you're system .
Take a look at /etc/pam.d/gdm
You find a line about the authentication of root make that line a remark.

thanks for your reply,
but i don't see any service running named "rsh" or "telnet".
how can i start those services?
my system shows that rsh/telnet client is installed.

please guide me through this.

i'll check /etc/pam.d/gdm and post the reply
thanks

sorry but i don't know which line in /etc/pam.d/gdm is to make comment how.

IS there anyone here who could tell me how to get rsh and telnet running on fedora core 12.

You like to login as root don't you ?
That is what I try to show you.

Please tell which line to make comment and how to make comment ?

which distro are you using.
and without root or admin user you can not start and stop any service

please tell us is your root problem solved?

with user root try this
or sudo
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd start

both fedora AND Gnome have DISABLED the root login using the gui.
login as a normal user first then use the " su - " command in the terminal to login as root

or
login into "single user mode" -- that is root by default .

for security reasons root login in gnome has been disabled
but root login into kde IS still available if you have kde 4 installed AND use kdm ( and NOT gdm) to start the gui.


also as stated above telnet is nolonger used because of VERY serous security reasons

the hack in " /etc/pam.d/gdm" to alow root login into gnome has some problems ( an is NOT recommended )
for example you will not be able to install any software using "ad or remove software" it will not work.

both rsh and telnet are up and running.

But root login prob;em is not solved yet.
please help


i have to copy some folders into / directory. but if login using other user there is no option for paste.
and i don't know how to do this in command line interface.

Reply asap

problem solved,.....

http://www.ehow.com/how_5870077_enab...a-core-12.html

thanks everybody for ur support